Ten candidates filed for four seats on the Alamo Community College District board of trustees by the deadline Monday.
Four candidates will compete for the open District 1 seat for which trustee Bernard Weiner chose not to seek re-election.
Three candidates filed to challenge recently appointed Blakely Latham Fernandez for the District 7 spot.
Incumbents Denver McClendon in District 2, who chairs the board, and District 3 trustee Anna Bustamante are unopposed in the May 8 election.
Candidate Rowland Martin, a former adjunct faculty member at this college, joined the District 1 race Monday.
Martin lists his occupation as educator and entrepreneur on his application.
Retired Vice President Thomas Hoy, who worked at this college from 1973-2005, is also seeking the District 1 seat.
Hoy spoke during the Jan. 12 public forum opposing single accreditation, citing specific examples of how grant money could be lost in the process.
Tyler Christopher Ingraham, former student at this college, is vying for the same spot and has been vocal at the recent board meetings opposing current district administration and board practices. Ingraham is a political science junior at St. Mary's University.
Former San Antonio City Councilman Joe V. Alderete Jr. also is seeking the District 1 position.
District 7 trustee, Fernandez, a local attorney, has some competition for the two-year remainder of an unexpired term.
She was appointed to the position in November when former trustee Charles Conner retired and moved out of the city.
Richard Knight, Ingraham's campaign treasurer; David A. Whitley, general manager of San Antonio Air Conditioning; and David Allen Rodriguez, political science sophomore at this college; turned in applications for the District 7 spot Monday.
Bustamante, incumbent for District 3, is an elementary school music teacher in the Southside Independent School District.
McClendon, who represents District 1, is a retired civil service employee and served in the U.S. Air Force.
Trustee positions for District 1, 2 and 3 are for six-year terms while District 7 is for the unexpired 2-year term.
Early voting is from April 26-May 4 with voting locations to be determined.
A run-off election, if necessary, will be June 12.
To find out what district you are in, check the Bexar County Elections Web site at http://apps.bexar.org/webapps/html/elstrinq02.asp.
Voters must be 18 at the time of the election and have registered by April 8.
Student Government Association at this college is planning a candidate debate at 7 p.m. April 28 in the auditorium of McAllister Fine Arts Center.
The district's Web site for trustee elections is at www.alamo.edu/district/board/election/default.htm.
For questions, contact election administrator Erik Dahler at 485-0050 or e-mail him at edahler@alamo.edu.
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